With the news that the sequel to "Special Forces" may change the director and male lead in the media, the fans were not in an uproar and some people couldn't sit still.

Early that morning, Paramount Pictures had just started working. Representatives from four Wall Street investment institutions, Merrill Lynch, Allianz Venture Capital, Marathon Structure Financial Funds and Rising Financial Investment, walked into Paramount Headquarters and found the managers of Paramount Pictures and Hasbro, who were in charge of the Special Forces project.

"Andre, I heard you are going to replace the male lead Matthew Horner and director Stephen Somos in the sequel to "Special Forces"?"

These four investment institutions, headed by Merrill Lynch's Bruno, asked directly, "We are here today and want to ask Paramount Pictures and Hasbro, is this true?"

Andre from Paramount Pictures exchanged glances with Hasbro's representative Wells and immediately said, "We are just interested in changing the director. Stephen Somos's pay for the sequel is higher. We want to change a director with lower pay for the sake of cost control."

Hasbro's Wells responded, "The new director is highly recommended by Woody Allen, and ability is not a problem."

"Where is the male lead? Where is Matthew Horner?" Bruno asked directly, "Can you guarantee that you will change the director? Will Matthew Horner still star in the sequel?"

They account for a large proportion of their investments in "Special Forces: The Rise of Cobras", and the sequel will maintain the same proportion of their investments.

Therefore, Bruno said bluntly, "Matthew Horner's agent Helen Hermann has negotiated with you once, right? It is said that if Stephen Somos is replaced, Matthew Horner will also withdraw from this project?"

Andre said quickly, "We are talking to Matthew Horner and Helen Hermann, and the specific results need to be negotiated."

"Don't worry," said Hasbro's representative Wells, "We just talked with Helen Herman once, and such negotiations will definitely last for a long time."

The people from the four investment institutions exchanged a look, and Bruno said, "Since that's the case, we only make a point." He suddenly emphasized his tone, "Matthew Horner is the biggest guarantee for the investment in the movie. We require Matthew Horner to appear in the sequel to "Special Forces", otherwise Merrill Lynch will reconsider its investment in the sequel to "Special Forces"!"

Andre and Wells were a little helpless. Before they could speak, the other three investment structures also expressed their opinions.

"Alliant venture capital will also consider it carefully!"

"The financial funds in the marathon structure will also be carefully considered!"

"New Star Financial Investment will also be carefully considered!"

As soon as the representatives of these four companies finished speaking, the cold sweat of Bruno and Wells came out.

If they withdraw their investments, Paramount Pictures will look for new foreign funds. Now that the financial crisis has not yet passed, they don’t have to think about how difficult it is to raise funds.

"Two, please convey our opinions to your company's board of directors!" Bruno emphasized again, "I hope Paramount and Hasbro will consider our opinions carefully."

Bruno said quickly, "It will definitely be."

The two of them sent away the representatives of the four investment institutions and returned to the reception room. Wells couldn't help but shake his head and said, "It's difficult to change the director."

Bruno shrugged helplessly, "Who thought Matthew Horner was completely on Stephen Somos' side?"

The two of them knew very well that if Paramount Pictures didn't want to replace the male lead and refinancing, they would inevitably compromise with Matthew Horner and Stephen Somos.

Faced with Matthew Horner's box office and commercial guarantees, Paramount Pictures sometimes bows its head.

I guess the board of directors will give up that new director as long as it is not dazed?

It is approaching late July, and "Special Forces: The Rise of Cobra" is about to come to North America for its third screening weekend. Matthew called Emma Watson specifically. Emma Watson would come to Los Angeles the day before the premiere of "Harry Potter and the Mixed Race Prince". After coming here, he would call him on his own initiative.

Matthew is still looking forward to discussing life and future with Hermione Granger, who is waving his wand.

In addition, he kept in touch with Rachel Vizi and learned more about Natalie Portman and "The Black Swan".

Sometimes, I have to admire the determination and ability of Natalie Portman.

It's only more than a month since the premiere of "Cloud Map", Natalie Portman has taken Darren Alenovsky with a strong attitude and struck out Rachel Vizi.

This is really not something that ordinary women can do.

Besides, Natalie Portman has done much more than this in the past month.

After she successfully joined forces with Darren Alenovsky, she persuaded William Morris to support her with all her support, and even got many things in the early planning.

With the assistance of William Morris, Natalie Portman and Darren Alenovsky have basically finalized the partner. The film will be jointly invested and produced by Cross Creek Production and Fox Searchlight, and will be released by Fox Searchlight.

The goal is only one awards season in 2010!

According to the latest news from Rachel Weiss, Natalie Portman has even confirmed the two supporting actresses. She found her friend Mira Kunis to play the first supporting actress, and Renona Ryder to play the second supporting actress.

It is obvious that Natalie Portman and Darren Alenovsky hit it off, obviously they were going to have a big fight.

Matthew understood Natalie Portman's psychology somewhat. The failure of "Cloud Map" has frustrated Natalie Portman's idea of ​​developing on the mainstream business route. The future of "Alien Battlefield" is uncertain. She returns to the independent film circle she is familiar with, wanting to make an Oscar.

As long as she can win the Oscar Best Actress, even if "Cloud Map" and "Alien Battlefield" fail at the box office, she will not be marginalized in Hollywood.

After all, the Oscar Best Actress is still very important in the minds of many companies and audiences.

In that way, even if the business path is not working, Natalie Portman has other ways to go.

I just don’t know what targeted Rachel Weizi will react. After meeting last time, Matthew clearly felt that Rachel Weizi had been strengthened by him and would definitely not give up.

Of course, he will also help Rachel Weiss with the help of some of the things he can do.

Not to mention anything else, just think that Rachel Weizi helped him when he was in the crew of "The Return of the Mummy".

Natalie Portman's proactive snatch of the project "Black Swan" is also closely related to the box office defeat of "Cloud Map".

Perhaps it is inaccurate to say this, after all, Natalie Portman once starred in this film and won the Oscar for Best Actress.

But the failure of "Cloud Map" must have strengthened Natalie Portman's determination to grab "Black Swan".

Just this week, after more than a month of screenings, because the single-day box office output was too low, "Cloud Map" was forced to be removed from the major theaters in North America, officially ending its brief screening journey.

The North American box office of "Cloud Map" was frozen at the figure of $22.37 million.

Not to mention that the box office in North America has exceeded the production cost line, the final box office is only a fraction of the production cost.

Overseas, "Cloud Map" performed poorly, because the box office in North America was too poor, and there were not many overseas countries and regions that introduced "Cloud Map", and there were less than 60 of them together.

As a result, the film's overseas box office has also been greatly restricted. Currently, the cumulative overseas box office is less than US$25 million, and the global box office is less than US$50 million.

According to the forecasts of multiple market institutions and internal Disney, it is difficult for Cloud Map to have a global box office of more than $60 million.

In fact, since the first weekend of North America's box office was released, Disney no longer invested resources in "Cloud Map". Even though it knew that a film would inevitably lose money, it still had to increase investment. That was not a decision-making mistake, but a problem with the brain.

The lack of sufficient post-production promotion is also an important reason why the box office of "Cloud Map" has been declining all the way.

The film itself is not friendly to the audience, the film reviews are quite good, but the audience's reputation is extremely poor, and there is a lack of late marketing. It is strange that the box office trend can be strong.

Matthew also heard some rumors about Plan B and Brad Pitt. It is said that several banks blocked the door of Plan B and urged Plan B and Brad Pitt to repay the loan. Brad Pitt did not have enough liquidity to repay the debt, so he could only promise to postpone the repayment date until after the release of "Alien Battlefield".

It is obvious that Brad Pitt is still confident in "Alien Battlefield" and hopes that the film will be sold at the box office and can block the holes caused by the failure of "Cloud Map".

The failure of "Cloud Map" also reminded many people who invest in commercial productions, including Matthew. Movies that are too complex and obscure are really not suitable for commercial productions at this stage.

Even if the professional reputation is amazing, it is difficult for the audience to buy it.

The quality assurance praised by the media is no longer a box office elixir in this Internet age and fast food era.

Mainstream audiences come to the theater in daily life to relax and relax. They want popcorn and fast food, pursue sensory stimulation and pleasure, are not keen on refreshing the world view, and have no intention of making movies a challenge to subvert themselves.

Especially for commercial science fiction films, the high production cost of such films determines that they cannot become a tool for directors to experiment with ideas. When an ambitious director wants to fully present his vision of the world, he needs to invest more money.

Once the operation is not good, the funds lost will be calculated in tens of millions.

The movies with bad box office were out of stock, so new movies naturally entered the theater. Just the day before the premiere of "Harry Potter and the Mixed Race Prince", Matthew waited for the call from Emma Watson.
Chapter completed!